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Re:Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record by GuB-42 on Monday June 27, 2022 @08:44PM (#31902797)
With the difference that they are typically not allowed to have mobile aerodynamic surfaces.

That's why fan cars can be considered cheating. The fan is made of mobile aerodynamic surfaces. The Brabham BT46B try to circumvent the rules by saying their fan was a cooling fan, it didn't work.

If you allow mobile aerodynamic surfaces, indeed, you are going to have aircraft. It is easy to imagine a car with actual wings, with flaps, ailerons and elevators.

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Re:Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record by kirrent on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:33AM (#31904104)
Not to be too much of a pedant, but the Brabham BT46B's excuse that the majority of airflow was used for cooling did stand, which was why Lauda's one race win wasn't taken away. It was protests from other teams, Ecclestone's personal interests, and rule changes after the fact that meant it only raced that one race.
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